Craig Stammen enters the game for the Nationals with the bases loaded and none out.

Out

Troy Glaus grounded into a fielder's choice, short to catcher. Bases loaded with one out and Alex Gonzalez due up.

Out

Alex Gonzalez struck out swinging. Bases loaded with two outs and Melky Cabrera due up.

Double

Melky Cabrera double to left scored Martin Prado and Brooks Conrad with two out. Runners on second and third and David Ross due up.

Out

David Ross struck out looking to end the inning.

Top of the 8th

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Substitution

Takashi Saito starts the inning for the Braves, batting 4th.

Out

Ryan Zimmerman struck out swinging. None on with one out and Adam Dunn due up.

Out

Adam Dunn struck out swinging. None on with two outs and Wil Nieves due up.

Double

Wil Nieves doubled to right. Runner on second with two outs and Mike Morse due up.

Out

Mike Morse flied out to right to end the inning.

Bottom of the 8th

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Out

Rick Ankiel grounded out second to first. None on with one out and Omar Infante due up.

Out

Omar Infante grounded out short to first. None on with two outs and Jason Heyward due up.

Single

Jason Heyward singled to center. Runner on first with two outs and Martin Prado due up.

Single

Martin Prado singled to center. Runners on first and second with two outs and Takashi Saito due up.

Substitution

Eric Hinske is pinch-hitting for Takashi Saito.

Single

Pinch-Hitter Eric Hinske single to right scored Jason Heyward with two out. Runners on first and third and Troy Glaus due up.

Double

Troy Glaus double to left scored Martin Prado with two out. Runners on second and third and Alex Gonzalez due up.

Out

Alex Gonzalez lined out to left to end the inning.

Top of the 9th

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Substitution

Eric Hinske remains in the game at first.

Out

Roger Bernadina flied out to left. None on with one out and Justin Maxwell due up.

Out

Justin Maxwell grounded out third to first. None on with two outs and Craig Stammen due up.

Substitution

Willie Harris is pinch-hitting for Craig Stammen.

Out

Pinch-Hitter Willie Harris grounded out to first to end the game.

Recap: Atlanta vs. Washington

Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Martin Prado, Matt Diaz, and Melky Cabrera each drove in two runs to help give Mike Minor his first win in the majors, as the Atlanta Braves took down the Washington Nationals, 10-2, the opener of a three-game series at Turner Field.

Prado, who was activated from the 15-day disabled list prior to the game, had three hits and scored three times in his return to the lineup for the Braves, who have won three in a row and eight of 10 overall. Diory Hernandez hit the second homer of his career in the victory.

Minor (1-0), making his second start in the big leagues, gave up two runs on five hits over six frames. He also struck out five and walked two for Atlanta, which remains 2 1/2 games ahead of the Phillies in the NL East.

"Definitely feels a lot better than last week. I am glad to help out the team," Minor said. "I started the first inning slow and wasn't hitting my spots or anything. I kind of felt like I settled in and started hitting my spots."

Mike Morse and Wil Nieves both had an RBI for the Nationals, who have lost seven of nine. Scott Olsen (3-5) went five-plus innings in the start, allowing three runs on three hits to take the loss.

The Nats got the scoring started in the top of the sixth. Ian Desmond led off with a single, moved to second on Adam Dunn's groundout, and raced home on Nieves' double down the left-field line. Morse followed with an RBI two-bagger of his own to make it 2-0.

Atlanta responded in a big way in the home sixth. Pinch-hitter Hernandez got things started with a homer to left. Omar Infante tripled and Jason Heyward walked to put men on the corners. Joel Peralta took over for Olsen on the mound. Prado greeted him with an RBI double. Diaz followed with a two-run double down the left-field line. Troy Glaus and Alex Gonzalez struck out and David Ross grounded into a fielder's choice, but not before the Braves took a 4-2 lead.

"The first five innings he (Olsen) was getting ahead and hitting his spots. It was just a tough inning," Nieves said.

The home club scored four more runs in the seventh to make it an 8-2 game. Doug Slaten started the inning on the mound for Washington. Rick Ankiel reached base on an infield single and Infante walked. Heyward then hit a grounder to first baseman Dunn, whose throw to second sailed into left field. Ankiel scored on the play. Prado hit an RBI single before pinch-hitter Brooks Conrad walked to load the bases.

Craig Stammen took over on the hill and got Glaus to ground into a fielder's choice for the first out of the frame. Gonzalez struck out in front of Cabrera's two-run bloop double down the left-field line.

The Braves added two more runs in the eighth on pinch-hitter Eric Hinske's RBI single and Glaus' run-scoring double.

The Nationals put men on first and second in the first. With one out, Desmond walked and Ryan Zimmerman singled. Dunn struck out swinging and Ivan Rodriguez struck out on a foul tip to end the inning. Rodriguez was ejected from the game for arguing the call. Nieves took over at catcher for Washington.

Olsen retired the first nine batters he faced before Infante led off the fourth with an infield single off the glove of shortstop Desmond. Diaz was hit by a pitch later in the frame to put men on first and second. Glaus, though, struck out.